Geopolitical mosaic: Saudi Arabia plans to attack Syria, while in North Korea wages have increased a hundred times
The attack on Maisa Kurbanov. - Fifty thousand army against Syria? - The Kurds are creating a transitional government in Syria. - The grave of von Schlichting. - The atrocities of the defenders. - Netanyahu is not happy with the construction site. - Israel counted Iranian billions. - Sanctions extended. - Blame the West. - With whom Iran has agreed, and with whom - Israel. - Reuters has counted a hundred billion dollars from the Ayatollahs. - In Egypt, abolished state of emergency. “Poland is us.” - The Mystery of the Amber Room. - Russian project on the inadmissibility of the glorification of Nazism. - No worms. - The property of the Navalny brothers was arrested. - Something about lonely Snowden. - Hundred-fold increase in North Korean wages. - Philippines: 1833 dead. - Wonderful drone. - Forward to full democracy.
The attack on Maisa Kurbanov. As reported by 12 November Interfax, Moscow attacked one of the leaders of the Federation of Migrants of Russia. He was wounded the night before at the entrance of his house in the Novokosino area.
“Mais was returning home last night, four young people he did not know were waiting for him near the entrance. During the dialing of the code, a shot was fired in his direction, as a result of which he was injured in the shoulder, ”Muhammad Amin, head of the Federation of Migrants of Russia, told Interfax yesterday. He noted that his colleague had noticed: the girl shot.
In the Moscow police said: the shooting occurred on Novokosinskaya street in 01: 30 on Tuesday, and the victim turned to the police in 01: 55. In Kurbanov shot from the back of an unspecified traumatic weapons.
Kurbanov is now hospitalized, his health condition is assessed as moderate. "Maize is conscious, his life is not in danger, but as a result of the injury he lost a lot of blood," Amin said. He also told the Interfax the following: “Mais actively opposes the manifestation of nationalism, he has repeatedly spoken out against the popularization of xenophobic attitudes in society recently, as well as against nationalist movements. While there is no exact data on what purpose the attackers were pursuing, however, with a high probability it could be right-wing people. ”
Amin also clarified that he and Kurbanov had repeatedly received threats from radical citizens on the Internet.
Fifty thousand army against Syria? According to Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia in Jordan is building up an army of thousands of people in 50, with the help of Pakistani instructors, transmitting Mixednews.ru with reference to the Voltaire network.
It is also noteworthy that the article in “Foreign Policy” appeared after John Kerry’s trip to Riyadh in order to restore good relations between the countries.
And another one news about Riyadh. The media confirm the information that Saudi Arabia has decided to give up its place in the UN Security Council.
As transmits RIA News"Saudi Arabia yesterday in writing notified UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its decision to refuse a seat on the Security Council.
According to the letter, Saudi Arabia "is not able to take a seat on the Security Council, where she was elected on October 17." The document was signed by the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, Abdullah Moallimi. The text also states that his country is still ready to cooperate with the UN "for the benefit of peace and development in the world."
UN Representative Martin Nesyrki confirmed to reporters that Ban Ki-moon received a letter from Saudi Arabia.
As RIA “Novosti” reminds, Saudi Arabia refused membership in the UN Security Council for the 2014-2015 years. She motivated this decision, including the Council’s inability to cope with problems in the Middle East.
The Kurds are creating a transitional government in Syria. Syrian Kurds living in the northeast yesterday announced the creation of an independent transitional government. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
The declaration signed by the Kurds at the end of the talks in Kamyshli implies the division of the Kurdish territories into three areas. At the talks, it was decided to begin preparations for local and general elections.
Not all Kurdish groups joined the initiative. The declaration was signed by the Democratic Union Party and several other smaller organizations. But the Kurdish National Council (the second main military-political force of the Syrian Kurdistan) has so far refused to participate in the agreement.
The decision to create a transitional government was made after the success of the Kurdish militia: over the past few weeks, the Kurds have beaten off large areas of the Islamists.
As recalled by "Ribbon", 12 November on the establishment of an interim government announced and the National Coalition of the Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces. The cabinet included eight ministers, the prime minister and his deputy. The Cabinet of Ministers should govern the territories that are under the authority of the rebels. But it is not known how the issue of the distribution of power between NKRS and the groups of radical Islamists who partially control these territories and do not recognize the power of the coalition will be resolved.
Grave von Schlichting. According to Abdulkadir Erzeneoglu (AiF - Turkey), in the course of work on laying a new road in Kars, the question arose of what to do with the gravestone of Russian officer Anatoly Petrovich von Schlichting.
The municipality conducts road works in order to unite Kazimpasi Avenue and Gazi Akhmet Mukhtar Pasha Avenue. On the found tombstone is the inscription: “The commander of the 154 Derbent Regiment Anatoly Petrovich von Schlichting rests here. Date of death: October 23 1905, God rest his soul. ” On the right side of the monument it is written: “Sinitsyn” (it indicates that it comes from the Moscow Sinitsyn family). On the back of the monument there is an inscription: “To my dear brother Anatoly”. Even lower is a note: “It is not known where and in what form this stone came from.”
Deputy Mayor of Kars Fatma Sinar told Jihan news agency that a decision on this issue will be made after consideration by the city parliament.
Residents of Kars advocate that this place be taken under state protection.
Thus, the correspondent notes, to the gravestone of the Russian officer, an approach worthy of emulation will be demonstrated.
The place where the monument is located, the employees of the Karsky management of the museums protected with a ribbon.
The atrocities of the defenders. Little Palestinian named Summer, lying on a bed in an Egyptian hospital, told a terrible history. According to the girl, her younger sisters were lined up and shot by the Israel Defense Forces soldiers. This writes Tim King, salem-news.com (source of translation - Mixednews.ru).
The BBC channel found the girl’s father. According to him, the murder occurred after one o’clock in the afternoon: “We were ordered to leave the houses, women, my three daughters.” Israeli soldier crawled out tankholding an M-16 rifle in his hands and started shooting at children.
My father added some scary details to his story. Killing children, some of the Israeli soldiers ate chocolates and chips.
Netanyahu is not happy with the construction site. The Israeli Prime Minister ordered a review of recent settlement initiatives after Palestinians threatened to withdraw from the peace talks if they were implemented. This was reported by the press service of the head of government, reports RIA News".
The reason for the discontent of the Palestinian leadership and the US administration, the main mediator in the negotiation process, was the tenders announced by the construction ministry to design more than 20 thousands of housing units in the Jewish settlements of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The press service quoted Netanyahu as saying: “This step is not beneficial for the settlements. On the contrary, it hurts. This is a meaningless step, both from a legal and practical point of view, an action that creates unnecessary confrontation with the international community at a time when we are making efforts to convince him to improve the terms of the deal with Iran. ”
Construction Minister Uri Ariel received a scolding from the prime minister: “At such a time, the attention of the international community cannot be diverted from the main task - to prevent an agreement with Iran that would allow it to continue its military-nuclear program. Your actions as a member of the government should be coordinated and thought out. ”
Uri Ariel, as noted in a press release, agreed to reconsider his decisions.
Israel counted Iranian billions. Israeli security sources said that Iran’s nuclear program cost the country 170 billion dollars, MIGnews.com.
Of the 170 billion spent dollars, 40 billion were “invested in the last 20 years in the construction and operation of the nuclear infrastructure,” unnamed sources cited by France-Press say. They note that Iran "lost 130 billion dollars due to the sanctions imposed in 2012 year", including 105 billion lost the oil sector, and 25 billion were short of banks, trade, industry, development and investment.
Sanctions extended. Barack Obama extended the sanctions regime against Iran for a year. Reports about it MIGnews.com with reference to Reuters.
In a letter that the US president sent to Congress, it is noted that relations with Iran are not good enough.
Blame the West. Iranian Foreign Minister said yesterday that the reason for the failure of negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program lies in the inability of Western countries to work out a common position. "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
So Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to the statement of John Kerry, who explained the lack of results of the Geneva talks in Iran’s unwillingness to “show flexibility”. Zarif said: “Mr. Secretary of State, did the Iranian delegation extort half of the proposed document on Thursday? And did we make a public comment on Friday? ”
He was probably referring to the episode with the participation of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. He said that the proposal submitted by the Americans on the Iranian nuclear program does not hold water, since "it does not contain any concessions on the part of Tehran." He almost literally repeated the position of the Israeli leadership, who considers negotiations with Iran counterproductive.
The Iranian version of events was supported by a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry, who said that the Iranians agreed with the document prepared in the USA, but it was not signed, since the G6 countries agreed to take all decisions by consensus. “There is no fault of Tehran in this,” concluded an anonymous Russian diplomat.
Negotiations will continue on November 20.
With whom Iran has agreed, and with whom - Israel. New review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press" dedicated to the topical Iranian topic.
The UN agency responsible for inspecting nuclear facilities said that Iran agreed to resolve all issues on which it disagrees with the IAEA, and to give international inspectors “regulated access” to the Gachin field in Bender Abbas and to the facility for producing heavy water under construction. Arak, writes The New York Times. The agreement was signed after negotiations between Iran and the six world powers on the Iranian nuclear program.
In addition to regulated access to facilities, Iran is committed to providing information on all new research reactors and to report on 16 areas destined for the construction of nuclear power plants.
“Time” columnist Massimo Calabresi considers negotiations between Iran and the IAEA almost the main test for Tehran’s readiness for compromise.
Why Iran and the “six” did not agree? In the view of Calabresi, there are serious obstacles to the agreement: the United States and Iran are under pressure from their domestic political forces and regional allies, demanding not to make concessions. As a result, Tehran’s intentions should be judged according to whether it is faithful to the spirit of agreement with the IAEA.
“Don't let skeptics triumph,” Jonathan Steele, the Guardian correspondent, says in the headline.
“France, Israel and Saudi Arabia are skeptics whose interests are not in line with the conclusion of nuclear agreements by world powers in Iran, but global interests should come first,” the journalist said.
Israeli hardliners have been arguing for decades about the Iranian military threat, which they really fear, but which also helped to divert attention from the biggest source of tension in the region - Israel’s long-term unwillingness to reach a fair agreement with the Palestinians.
Saudi Arabia, the author points out, has long feared the radicalization of the numerous Shiite population living in oil-producing regions. Moreover, contrary to all the evidence, it is claimed that Iran is behind the Shiite’s calls for justice. Sanctions against Iran are beneficial to Riyadh and to support oil prices.
As for Paris, colonial ambitions do not give him peace: because of the influence in the region, he was jealous of Washington for his wound, and now he is jealous of Tehran.
In addition, the first skeptic, Israel, has powerful allies on Capitol Hill. And the best chance in decades to put an end to the differences between the United States and Iran could be a victim of Israeli hawks, the author concludes.
The Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, is convinced that the United States has a goal to sign an agreement with Iran on the basis of a “nasty compromise” as soon as possible, and on the eve of the next round scheduled for November on 20, Netanyahu and his team open a “verbal barrage,” the article says Süddeutsche Zeitung.
“Is it possible to come to the meeting, burning with anger, and refuse even a handshake? And immediately before that, from the heart, to let off steam, having turned vis-a-vis vis-a-vis journalists? According to the Israeli Army Radio, Prime Minister Netanyahu "shot off" John Kerry - and from this we can conclude: these two are no longer friends, and the struggle to determine the right course in the Iranian direction seriously aggravates the relations between the United States and Israel ", the correspondent writes Peter Munch
Then Netanyahu continued the “offensive”: he conducted several telephone conversations with world leaders, including Vladimir Putin. He also began searching for allies, referring not only to "pro-Israel and Jewish groups around the world," but also to Saudi Arabia.
Reuters has counted a hundred billion dollars from the Ayatollahs. Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, owns a business empire worth nearly 100 billion dollars. That was the conclusion reached by the Reuters agency, the German edition of Focus reports (the translation source is "Inopressa").
Khamenei’s business assets, according to Reuters, are concentrated in the little-known Setad holding, which is present in almost every sector of the Iranian economy: oil and finance, and telecommunications — up to the breeding of ostriches and production of birth control pills.
What are the roots of the empire? “Setad” systematically appropriated property, to whom it belonged: to representatives of ethnic minorities, businessmen, Iranians who lived abroad.
Literally, the name of this organization is translated as “Headquarters for the execution of imam's orders” and refers to an order signed by Ayatollah Khomeini shortly before his death in 1989. The decree ordered the creation of a department for the management and sale of property, abandoned during the years of chaos after the Islamic revolution 1979. One of the founders of the company says that “Setad” was created solely to help the poor and veterans and should have existed for only two years. But under Khamenei, Setad was not only involved in property management, but also increased shares in dozens of Iranian companies.
According to Reuters, the company's real estate is worth 52 billion dollars. At 43 billion, the total value of Setad shares in other companies is estimated. The amount (95 billion dollars) by 40% exceeds the annual export of Iranian oil in the 2012 year (67 billion dollars).
There is no information confirming that Khamenei is using Setad for personal enrichment. However, “Setad” made politics more powerful, the article notes. This explains the fact that Khamenei has been holding power for 24 of the year.
In Egypt, the state of emergency is lifted. Egyptian court ruled yesterday to cancel the state of emergency throughout the country, reports Interfax with reference to the Associated Press. The state of emergency in the resorts of the Red Sea was filmed the day before.
According to "BBC", the court ordered to remove the emergency for two days earlier than planned.
In a statement released by the government, the court’s decision will be implemented.
"Poland is us." Ulrich Kröckel ("Frankfurter Rundschau"; short translation source - "Inopressa") in the article “Hate-filled slogans in Warsaw” told about the celebration of Independence Day in Poland.
On November 11, an action of nationalists took place on the streets of Warsaw, gathering, according to various estimates, from 50 thousand to 100 thousand participants and growing into clashes with the police. “Poland is us”, “God, honor, homeland,” under such slogans passed the Independence March.
The correspondent lists the attributes of the action: people in masks, signal lights, red and white state flags interspersed with the banners of neo-fascist groups.
The police nevertheless responded to the shelling of stones and flares by demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons.
Kröckel is worried about the growing number of protesters. In 2010, several thousand people came to the nationalist event, in 2012, there were 20 thousand, and this time from 50 to 100 thousand.
As noted by “Gazeta Wyborcza”, the nationalists managed to “arrogate to themselves Independence Day”.
Zofya Bombchinska-Yelonek ("Voice of Russia") writes that the Russian flag was burned at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, and the demonstrators had previously shouted that "Russia is a curse."
The author ends the article as follows:
Golden words, add on my own. The fish rots from the head.
Mystery of the Amber Room. Finds in the Munich apartment, where the paintings of the greatest modernist artists confiscated by the Nazis were discovered, shook up hope for the return of the Amber Room, writes Ksenia Fokina ("Voice of Russia").
There is information that the owner of the collection Cornelius Gurlitt knows the whereabouts of the masterpiece taken from St. Petersburg (Tsarskoye Selo), and then missing in Konigsberg before the British Air Force raid in 1945 year.
The story of the paintings found stirred up speculation about the return of the Amber Room. Rumors started crawling after cousin Cornelius Gurlitt's statement. The Bild newspaper quoted Eckharth Gurlitt saying that his brother Cornelius “knows where the Amber Room is.”
“Cornelius once said this to my father. But it was 30 or 40 years ago, ”he said, explaining to the publication that Hildebrand Gurlitt passed the secret of the Amber Room to his son before he died, in 1956.
Gurlitt is now hiding. True, the journalists of the French weekly “Paris Match” claim that they saw him in one of the shopping centers of his native Munich.
The author recalls that at the beginning of the 2000s in Germany, genuine fragments of the Amber Room were discovered and then donated to Russia. This finding is not the last, the researchers are sure.
Russian project on the inadmissibility of the glorification of Nazism. Russia submitted to the UN a draft resolution on the inadmissibility of the glorification of Nazism, reports "Voice of Russia" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Almost forty states, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Syria, became co-authors of the document. It is expected that the document will be put to the vote before the end of this year.
Presenting the text at a meeting of the General Assembly, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Grigory Lukyantsev noted that the events of World War II “cannot be re-evaluated, they blasphemously deny or belittle” their significance.
“In our opinion, it is completely unacceptable when glorification of those involved in the crimes of Nazism takes place, including the whitening of former members of the SS organization, including the Waffen-SS units who participated in the extermination of the civilian population, while they did not spare babies, no old people, and therefore recognized as criminal by the Nuremberg Tribunal, ”said Lukyantsev.
Last year, the Voice of Russia reminds, 120 from 193 of UN member countries voted for a similar resolution. 3 delegations came out against its adoption: from the USA, Canada and from the Marshall Islands. More 57 countries, including Ukraine, abstained. Comrade Lukyantsev called on these states "to reconsider their position and support this initiative."
No worms. The digital worm has captured Russian strategic objects, said computer viruses wrestler Yevgeny Kaspersky. And we are talking about one of the nuclear power plants and the International Space Station, says Pavel Melnik ("Vesti").
At the next symposium of developers, E. Kaspersky said that the Russian nuclear industry was threatened: the virus “Stuxnet”. The blow has already come through the system of one of the Russian NPPs. The virus has penetrated external media and has infected the entire system. Kaspersky told the following: “A friend of mine who works at a Russian nuclear power plant once sent me a message. He said that the internal network of the station, which, by the way, is not connected to the Internet, is infected with these viruses. So those who want to harm other people's technologies seem to consider cyber weapons as an option. ”
In "Rosatom" checked all stations. “Correspondents misunderstood Kaspersky, so we asked all the information services of nuclear power plants to report. We have no “Stuxnet” virus, ”said Sergey Novikov, director of the communications department of the Rosatom State Corporation.
There are reports that the virus has penetrated the International Space Station. But Roscosmos checked everything in the same way.
“I can only say one thing: there have never been any viruses at the ISS station. And at the same time, they told me now that his press service has denied this information. There is no point in doing any gestures about this. And to make a statement like this, randomly, I don’t quite understand why it was done, ”commented Sergey Gorbunov, head of the press service of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos.
Not otherwise, we add, Mr. Kaspersky checked the vigilance of the Russian strategic industries.
The property of the Navalny brothers was arrested. In Moscow, the Basmanny Court arrested the property of Oleg and Alexei Navalny. The arrest of property was made at a meeting in the case of Yves Rocher. About the arrest of the property of the brothers reported "RT" with reference to Interfax.
One of the defendants in the case, Alexey Navalny, has already been sentenced to five conditionally in another case - about the machinations of Kirovles money, reminds “RT”.
Something about lonely Snowden. Edward Snowden’s lawyer told how a refugee from the United States lives in Moscow, writes Yevgeny Zimin ("Voice of Russia").
According to Anatoly Kucherena, he provides the ex-employee of the American special services not only legal assistance, but also solves issues of a domestic nature.
“He remained completely alone in Russia. He has no mom, no dad, no relatives - no one. As for why I came to be with Edward, it happened because he personally appealed to me with a request for legal assistance. Officially, he is my principal. But at the same time, I provide him with a number of other services. In our profession, we often help people regardless of how we develop relations further. At the first stage, we are asked to provide legal assistance, and in the future there may be various issues, including domestic ones, which, by the way, I did with Edward. And it was almost impossible to refuse him, ”said Kucherena to his colleague Mikhail Barshevsky in an interview published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Kucherena also told why exposing facts about the activities of the CIA and the NSA continue to surface, despite the fact that President Putin put a stop to “anti-American activities” as a condition for asylum to Snowden.
“... As for the disclosure, indeed, our president put such a question before him, and we also discussed it with Edward. He asked: “What can I do if I, while in Hong Kong, handed over materials about wiretapping, unlawful and illegal actions of the CIA, NSA, etc. to journalists? I understand the position of your president, but I cannot take these materials back. Even if I ask, there will still be copies. ” Therefore, everything that today is revealed in relation to Germany, France, other European countries, is based on the materials that he gave to journalists back in Hong Kong, ”the lawyer explained.
Finally, Kucherena shared information about what income Snowden now lives on: “First of all, I’ll say that he never traded secrets, and he didn’t receive any money for the information that he transmitted while still in Hong Kong. I can confirm this with confidence, based on his current situation. The savings that he had, he almost completely spent on food, rental housing, security, etc. At the same time, some organizations and initiative citizens render him all possible assistance, including financial assistance. I think that, taking into account his professional level in IT-technologies, a good future awaits him in any country in the world. True, if he leaves Russia, he will lose refugee status ... "
A one-hundred-fold increase in North Korean wages. At the Musansky mine, at the Kim Chak metallurgical plant, as well as at a number of other enterprises whose products are being exported, wages were paid in 250-350 thousands of North Korean won last month. Prior to this, salaries there amounted to 3-6 thousands won, writes Andrei Lankov (“"Voice of Russia").
300 thousand SKs are just 30-40 dollars at the current market rate. But by North Korean standards, this is a huge amount: so far the official salary was only 3-4 thousands won a month. This was enough only for 1-2 kg of rice on the market. Most workers therefore existed at the expense of income from work in the market and in the private sector. It turns out that the employees of the Musan mine and other privileged enterprises for the first time in 20 have received a salary for which they can live.
In Pyongyang, apparently, they understand this. This is evidenced by the decision to issue part of the new salaries in goods. In addition, employees of enterprises announced that they are now forbidden to use the services of the market.
Philippines: 1833 dead. The official number of victims of the powerful typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines over the weekend was 1833 man. 84 person reported missing. This was reported on Wednesday by the National Filipino Emergency Management Agency, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Yaroslav Makarov.
Rescue work in the Philippines is complicated by the fact that the affected areas were partially cut off from the outside world. A number of countries, including Russia, offered help to Manila.
As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan LebedevThe United States donated over 50 tons of cargo to the government of the Philippines to assist victims of a typhoon. As the Pentagon official spokesman George Little said, 250 troops of the 3 Expeditionary Brigade of US Marines, stationed at Clark and Villamore air bases in the Philippines, are involved in the humanitarian operation. They use five KC-130 transport planes and four MV-22 Osprey converters.
“We give priority to the delivery of fresh water, food, packaged shelters, personal care products and medical supplies,” said Little.
According to him, part of the assistance, including materials for temporary shelters and personal hygiene items that can be provided to 10 thousands of families, came from the warehouse of the US Agency for International Development in the UAE.
A Pentagon spokesman noted that the atomic aircraft carrier George Washington, which goes from Hong Kong to the Philippines by order of Defense Minister Chuck Hagel, can produce about 2 million liters of fresh water daily. More than 80 aircraft are deployed on its deck, including 11 helicopters: they will be involved in relief operations. The aircraft carrier is accompanied by two missile cruisers and a destroyer. In addition, off the coast of the archipelago they will be joined by the transport ship of the United States Navy "Charles Drew". Finally, the destroyers "McCambell" and "Larsson" follow. And another news: the command of the Marine Corps decided to send three amphibious ships to the Philippines.
With regard to Russian assistance to the victims, the Emergencies Ministry said that it sent two IL-76 to the disaster zone with a mobile hospital on board. This hospital worked after earthquakes in Haiti, in China in the province of Sichuan, in South Ossetia and other regions of Russia and the world.
Miracle drone. Specialists from the Sandy National Laboratory in the United States came up with a UAV that can not only fly, but also swim, dive, and even move over rough terrain. The author of the project, John Salton, argues that the novelty should significantly expand the capabilities of the special forces, or even replace it when solving combat missions. Talk about it "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The wings of this device in the water can transform into stabilizers or propeller blades, and on land, after dropping the protective covers, wheels appear on it: they allow it to “jump” ten meters.
Correspondents of Wired magazine reported that engineers tested the key components of the miracledrone. However, it is still necessary to raise funds for the construction of a prototype, and then establish a partnership with one of the defense corporations to start production.
The novelty is still called “multimodal vehicle”.
Go to full democracy. The authorities of the American state of Hawaii legalized same-sex marriages yesterday. The state Senate supported the adoption of the law 19 votes to four, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexander Urusov.
Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie assured that he would soon put his signature on the document. The law will take effect on December 2.
Hawaii will be the fifteenth state where such unions are officially allowed ...
The attack on Maisa Kurbanov. As reported by 12 November Interfax, Moscow attacked one of the leaders of the Federation of Migrants of Russia. He was wounded the night before at the entrance of his house in the Novokosino area.
“Mais was returning home last night, four young people he did not know were waiting for him near the entrance. During the dialing of the code, a shot was fired in his direction, as a result of which he was injured in the shoulder, ”Muhammad Amin, head of the Federation of Migrants of Russia, told Interfax yesterday. He noted that his colleague had noticed: the girl shot.
In the Moscow police said: the shooting occurred on Novokosinskaya street in 01: 30 on Tuesday, and the victim turned to the police in 01: 55. In Kurbanov shot from the back of an unspecified traumatic weapons.
Kurbanov is now hospitalized, his health condition is assessed as moderate. "Maize is conscious, his life is not in danger, but as a result of the injury he lost a lot of blood," Amin said. He also told the Interfax the following: “Mais actively opposes the manifestation of nationalism, he has repeatedly spoken out against the popularization of xenophobic attitudes in society recently, as well as against nationalist movements. While there is no exact data on what purpose the attackers were pursuing, however, with a high probability it could be right-wing people. ”
Amin also clarified that he and Kurbanov had repeatedly received threats from radical citizens on the Internet.
Fifty thousand army against Syria? According to Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia in Jordan is building up an army of thousands of people in 50, with the help of Pakistani instructors, transmitting Mixednews.ru with reference to the Voltaire network.
It is also noteworthy that the article in “Foreign Policy” appeared after John Kerry’s trip to Riyadh in order to restore good relations between the countries.
And another one news about Riyadh. The media confirm the information that Saudi Arabia has decided to give up its place in the UN Security Council.
As transmits RIA News"Saudi Arabia yesterday in writing notified UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its decision to refuse a seat on the Security Council.
According to the letter, Saudi Arabia "is not able to take a seat on the Security Council, where she was elected on October 17." The document was signed by the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, Abdullah Moallimi. The text also states that his country is still ready to cooperate with the UN "for the benefit of peace and development in the world."
UN Representative Martin Nesyrki confirmed to reporters that Ban Ki-moon received a letter from Saudi Arabia.
As RIA “Novosti” reminds, Saudi Arabia refused membership in the UN Security Council for the 2014-2015 years. She motivated this decision, including the Council’s inability to cope with problems in the Middle East.
The Kurds are creating a transitional government in Syria. Syrian Kurds living in the northeast yesterday announced the creation of an independent transitional government. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
The declaration signed by the Kurds at the end of the talks in Kamyshli implies the division of the Kurdish territories into three areas. At the talks, it was decided to begin preparations for local and general elections.
Not all Kurdish groups joined the initiative. The declaration was signed by the Democratic Union Party and several other smaller organizations. But the Kurdish National Council (the second main military-political force of the Syrian Kurdistan) has so far refused to participate in the agreement.
The decision to create a transitional government was made after the success of the Kurdish militia: over the past few weeks, the Kurds have beaten off large areas of the Islamists.
As recalled by "Ribbon", 12 November on the establishment of an interim government announced and the National Coalition of the Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces. The cabinet included eight ministers, the prime minister and his deputy. The Cabinet of Ministers should govern the territories that are under the authority of the rebels. But it is not known how the issue of the distribution of power between NKRS and the groups of radical Islamists who partially control these territories and do not recognize the power of the coalition will be resolved.
Grave von Schlichting. According to Abdulkadir Erzeneoglu (AiF - Turkey), in the course of work on laying a new road in Kars, the question arose of what to do with the gravestone of Russian officer Anatoly Petrovich von Schlichting.
The municipality conducts road works in order to unite Kazimpasi Avenue and Gazi Akhmet Mukhtar Pasha Avenue. On the found tombstone is the inscription: “The commander of the 154 Derbent Regiment Anatoly Petrovich von Schlichting rests here. Date of death: October 23 1905, God rest his soul. ” On the right side of the monument it is written: “Sinitsyn” (it indicates that it comes from the Moscow Sinitsyn family). On the back of the monument there is an inscription: “To my dear brother Anatoly”. Even lower is a note: “It is not known where and in what form this stone came from.”
Deputy Mayor of Kars Fatma Sinar told Jihan news agency that a decision on this issue will be made after consideration by the city parliament.
Residents of Kars advocate that this place be taken under state protection.
Thus, the correspondent notes, to the gravestone of the Russian officer, an approach worthy of emulation will be demonstrated.
The place where the monument is located, the employees of the Karsky management of the museums protected with a ribbon.
The atrocities of the defenders. Little Palestinian named Summer, lying on a bed in an Egyptian hospital, told a terrible history. According to the girl, her younger sisters were lined up and shot by the Israel Defense Forces soldiers. This writes Tim King, salem-news.com (source of translation - Mixednews.ru).
The BBC channel found the girl’s father. According to him, the murder occurred after one o’clock in the afternoon: “We were ordered to leave the houses, women, my three daughters.” Israeli soldier crawled out tankholding an M-16 rifle in his hands and started shooting at children.
“Those who wonder why this could happen need to be understood - the Israeli military was born with the idea that as adults matured, all Palestinian children will become their enemies, representing a threat to their lives. They do not take into account the fact that such ambitions are born from such stories as this. ”
My father added some scary details to his story. Killing children, some of the Israeli soldiers ate chocolates and chips.
He is confident that his surviving seven-year-old daughter misses a teddy bear, which he picked up at the shooting site, protecting the girls from death. A spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces, Major Avital Leibovich, said: "There have been many instances when the warring parties fired at each other." Justifying the death incident, Leibovich argues that the military used many civilian objects ...
Netanyahu is not happy with the construction site. The Israeli Prime Minister ordered a review of recent settlement initiatives after Palestinians threatened to withdraw from the peace talks if they were implemented. This was reported by the press service of the head of government, reports RIA News".
The reason for the discontent of the Palestinian leadership and the US administration, the main mediator in the negotiation process, was the tenders announced by the construction ministry to design more than 20 thousands of housing units in the Jewish settlements of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The press service quoted Netanyahu as saying: “This step is not beneficial for the settlements. On the contrary, it hurts. This is a meaningless step, both from a legal and practical point of view, an action that creates unnecessary confrontation with the international community at a time when we are making efforts to convince him to improve the terms of the deal with Iran. ”
Construction Minister Uri Ariel received a scolding from the prime minister: “At such a time, the attention of the international community cannot be diverted from the main task - to prevent an agreement with Iran that would allow it to continue its military-nuclear program. Your actions as a member of the government should be coordinated and thought out. ”
Uri Ariel, as noted in a press release, agreed to reconsider his decisions.
Israel counted Iranian billions. Israeli security sources said that Iran’s nuclear program cost the country 170 billion dollars, MIGnews.com.
Of the 170 billion spent dollars, 40 billion were “invested in the last 20 years in the construction and operation of the nuclear infrastructure,” unnamed sources cited by France-Press say. They note that Iran "lost 130 billion dollars due to the sanctions imposed in 2012 year", including 105 billion lost the oil sector, and 25 billion were short of banks, trade, industry, development and investment.
Sanctions extended. Barack Obama extended the sanctions regime against Iran for a year. Reports about it MIGnews.com with reference to Reuters.
In a letter that the US president sent to Congress, it is noted that relations with Iran are not good enough.
Blame the West. Iranian Foreign Minister said yesterday that the reason for the failure of negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program lies in the inability of Western countries to work out a common position. "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
So Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to the statement of John Kerry, who explained the lack of results of the Geneva talks in Iran’s unwillingness to “show flexibility”. Zarif said: “Mr. Secretary of State, did the Iranian delegation extort half of the proposed document on Thursday? And did we make a public comment on Friday? ”
He was probably referring to the episode with the participation of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. He said that the proposal submitted by the Americans on the Iranian nuclear program does not hold water, since "it does not contain any concessions on the part of Tehran." He almost literally repeated the position of the Israeli leadership, who considers negotiations with Iran counterproductive.
The Iranian version of events was supported by a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry, who said that the Iranians agreed with the document prepared in the USA, but it was not signed, since the G6 countries agreed to take all decisions by consensus. “There is no fault of Tehran in this,” concluded an anonymous Russian diplomat.
Negotiations will continue on November 20.
With whom Iran has agreed, and with whom - Israel. New review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press" dedicated to the topical Iranian topic.
The UN agency responsible for inspecting nuclear facilities said that Iran agreed to resolve all issues on which it disagrees with the IAEA, and to give international inspectors “regulated access” to the Gachin field in Bender Abbas and to the facility for producing heavy water under construction. Arak, writes The New York Times. The agreement was signed after negotiations between Iran and the six world powers on the Iranian nuclear program.
In addition to regulated access to facilities, Iran is committed to providing information on all new research reactors and to report on 16 areas destined for the construction of nuclear power plants.
“Time” columnist Massimo Calabresi considers negotiations between Iran and the IAEA almost the main test for Tehran’s readiness for compromise.
Why Iran and the “six” did not agree? In the view of Calabresi, there are serious obstacles to the agreement: the United States and Iran are under pressure from their domestic political forces and regional allies, demanding not to make concessions. As a result, Tehran’s intentions should be judged according to whether it is faithful to the spirit of agreement with the IAEA.
“Don't let skeptics triumph,” Jonathan Steele, the Guardian correspondent, says in the headline.
“France, Israel and Saudi Arabia are skeptics whose interests are not in line with the conclusion of nuclear agreements by world powers in Iran, but global interests should come first,” the journalist said.
Israeli hardliners have been arguing for decades about the Iranian military threat, which they really fear, but which also helped to divert attention from the biggest source of tension in the region - Israel’s long-term unwillingness to reach a fair agreement with the Palestinians.
Saudi Arabia, the author points out, has long feared the radicalization of the numerous Shiite population living in oil-producing regions. Moreover, contrary to all the evidence, it is claimed that Iran is behind the Shiite’s calls for justice. Sanctions against Iran are beneficial to Riyadh and to support oil prices.
As for Paris, colonial ambitions do not give him peace: because of the influence in the region, he was jealous of Washington for his wound, and now he is jealous of Tehran.
In addition, the first skeptic, Israel, has powerful allies on Capitol Hill. And the best chance in decades to put an end to the differences between the United States and Iran could be a victim of Israeli hawks, the author concludes.
The Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, is convinced that the United States has a goal to sign an agreement with Iran on the basis of a “nasty compromise” as soon as possible, and on the eve of the next round scheduled for November on 20, Netanyahu and his team open a “verbal barrage,” the article says Süddeutsche Zeitung.
“Is it possible to come to the meeting, burning with anger, and refuse even a handshake? And immediately before that, from the heart, to let off steam, having turned vis-a-vis vis-a-vis journalists? According to the Israeli Army Radio, Prime Minister Netanyahu "shot off" John Kerry - and from this we can conclude: these two are no longer friends, and the struggle to determine the right course in the Iranian direction seriously aggravates the relations between the United States and Israel ", the correspondent writes Peter Munch
Then Netanyahu continued the “offensive”: he conducted several telephone conversations with world leaders, including Vladimir Putin. He also began searching for allies, referring not only to "pro-Israel and Jewish groups around the world," but also to Saudi Arabia.
Reuters has counted a hundred billion dollars from the Ayatollahs. Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, owns a business empire worth nearly 100 billion dollars. That was the conclusion reached by the Reuters agency, the German edition of Focus reports (the translation source is "Inopressa").
Khamenei’s business assets, according to Reuters, are concentrated in the little-known Setad holding, which is present in almost every sector of the Iranian economy: oil and finance, and telecommunications — up to the breeding of ostriches and production of birth control pills.
What are the roots of the empire? “Setad” systematically appropriated property, to whom it belonged: to representatives of ethnic minorities, businessmen, Iranians who lived abroad.
Literally, the name of this organization is translated as “Headquarters for the execution of imam's orders” and refers to an order signed by Ayatollah Khomeini shortly before his death in 1989. The decree ordered the creation of a department for the management and sale of property, abandoned during the years of chaos after the Islamic revolution 1979. One of the founders of the company says that “Setad” was created solely to help the poor and veterans and should have existed for only two years. But under Khamenei, Setad was not only involved in property management, but also increased shares in dozens of Iranian companies.
According to Reuters, the company's real estate is worth 52 billion dollars. At 43 billion, the total value of Setad shares in other companies is estimated. The amount (95 billion dollars) by 40% exceeds the annual export of Iranian oil in the 2012 year (67 billion dollars).
There is no information confirming that Khamenei is using Setad for personal enrichment. However, “Setad” made politics more powerful, the article notes. This explains the fact that Khamenei has been holding power for 24 of the year.
In Egypt, the state of emergency is lifted. Egyptian court ruled yesterday to cancel the state of emergency throughout the country, reports Interfax with reference to the Associated Press. The state of emergency in the resorts of the Red Sea was filmed the day before.
According to "BBC", the court ordered to remove the emergency for two days earlier than planned.
In a statement released by the government, the court’s decision will be implemented.
"Poland is us." Ulrich Kröckel ("Frankfurter Rundschau"; short translation source - "Inopressa") in the article “Hate-filled slogans in Warsaw” told about the celebration of Independence Day in Poland.
On November 11, an action of nationalists took place on the streets of Warsaw, gathering, according to various estimates, from 50 thousand to 100 thousand participants and growing into clashes with the police. “Poland is us”, “God, honor, homeland,” under such slogans passed the Independence March.
The correspondent lists the attributes of the action: people in masks, signal lights, red and white state flags interspersed with the banners of neo-fascist groups.
“In front of the Savior’s church, an installation painted in the rainbow colors of the gay movement is set on fire. Flags are also betrayed by the flags of the historical “sworn enemy” - Russia. Even when the charges from the signaling rocket launcher begin to fly over the Russian embassy with diplomatic immunity, the police do not interfere with brawlers. Obviously, this is a dubious strategy. ”
The police nevertheless responded to the shelling of stones and flares by demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons.
Kröckel is worried about the growing number of protesters. In 2010, several thousand people came to the nationalist event, in 2012, there were 20 thousand, and this time from 50 to 100 thousand.
As noted by “Gazeta Wyborcza”, the nationalists managed to “arrogate to themselves Independence Day”.
Zofya Bombchinska-Yelonek ("Voice of Russia") writes that the Russian flag was burned at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, and the demonstrators had previously shouted that "Russia is a curse."
“A constant element of the ideology of all Polish right-wing organizations is program hatred towards Russia. This hatred, cultivated for many years, which has become a part of school education, sounds from the lips of politicians and skillfully spreads by the media, and not only the extreme right. Russia and its President Vladimir Putin are for many the same as the devil in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church - the embodiment of evil from the KGB, which scare everyone around. In addition, this hatred is one of the elements of Polish international relations and the EU-initiated policy of Poland towards Russia. A pronounced anti-Russian position is taken by the head of Polish diplomacy.
Not a single manifestation of the Polish opposition is complete without anti-Russian elements. The slogan “Hammer and Sickle on the Red Rabble” is chanted on almost every one of their public speeches, sounds at football matches and at meetings under the auspices of the Catholic Radio “Maria”. This has been happening for many years in a row. The Warsaw-Poland-Russia football match during the 2012 Euro Championship has become a model of the escalation of hatred towards Russia. ”
Not a single manifestation of the Polish opposition is complete without anti-Russian elements. The slogan “Hammer and Sickle on the Red Rabble” is chanted on almost every one of their public speeches, sounds at football matches and at meetings under the auspices of the Catholic Radio “Maria”. This has been happening for many years in a row. The Warsaw-Poland-Russia football match during the 2012 Euro Championship has become a model of the escalation of hatred towards Russia. ”
The author ends the article as follows:
“And if Poland officially hates Russia, if history is altered to demand politics, if contempt, rudeness and aggression towards others are publicly allowed and encouraged, if the media are engaged in anti-Russian propaganda, and freedom is equal to anarchy even in the Polish parliament, then in behavior unbridled youth is not surprising.
There are too many bad examples around her. ”
There are too many bad examples around her. ”
Golden words, add on my own. The fish rots from the head.
Mystery of the Amber Room. Finds in the Munich apartment, where the paintings of the greatest modernist artists confiscated by the Nazis were discovered, shook up hope for the return of the Amber Room, writes Ksenia Fokina ("Voice of Russia").
There is information that the owner of the collection Cornelius Gurlitt knows the whereabouts of the masterpiece taken from St. Petersburg (Tsarskoye Selo), and then missing in Konigsberg before the British Air Force raid in 1945 year.
The story of the paintings found stirred up speculation about the return of the Amber Room. Rumors started crawling after cousin Cornelius Gurlitt's statement. The Bild newspaper quoted Eckharth Gurlitt saying that his brother Cornelius “knows where the Amber Room is.”
“Cornelius once said this to my father. But it was 30 or 40 years ago, ”he said, explaining to the publication that Hildebrand Gurlitt passed the secret of the Amber Room to his son before he died, in 1956.
Gurlitt is now hiding. True, the journalists of the French weekly “Paris Match” claim that they saw him in one of the shopping centers of his native Munich.
The author recalls that at the beginning of the 2000s in Germany, genuine fragments of the Amber Room were discovered and then donated to Russia. This finding is not the last, the researchers are sure.
Russian project on the inadmissibility of the glorification of Nazism. Russia submitted to the UN a draft resolution on the inadmissibility of the glorification of Nazism, reports "Voice of Russia" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Almost forty states, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Syria, became co-authors of the document. It is expected that the document will be put to the vote before the end of this year.
Presenting the text at a meeting of the General Assembly, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Grigory Lukyantsev noted that the events of World War II “cannot be re-evaluated, they blasphemously deny or belittle” their significance.
“In our opinion, it is completely unacceptable when glorification of those involved in the crimes of Nazism takes place, including the whitening of former members of the SS organization, including the Waffen-SS units who participated in the extermination of the civilian population, while they did not spare babies, no old people, and therefore recognized as criminal by the Nuremberg Tribunal, ”said Lukyantsev.
Last year, the Voice of Russia reminds, 120 from 193 of UN member countries voted for a similar resolution. 3 delegations came out against its adoption: from the USA, Canada and from the Marshall Islands. More 57 countries, including Ukraine, abstained. Comrade Lukyantsev called on these states "to reconsider their position and support this initiative."
No worms. The digital worm has captured Russian strategic objects, said computer viruses wrestler Yevgeny Kaspersky. And we are talking about one of the nuclear power plants and the International Space Station, says Pavel Melnik ("Vesti").
At the next symposium of developers, E. Kaspersky said that the Russian nuclear industry was threatened: the virus “Stuxnet”. The blow has already come through the system of one of the Russian NPPs. The virus has penetrated external media and has infected the entire system. Kaspersky told the following: “A friend of mine who works at a Russian nuclear power plant once sent me a message. He said that the internal network of the station, which, by the way, is not connected to the Internet, is infected with these viruses. So those who want to harm other people's technologies seem to consider cyber weapons as an option. ”
In "Rosatom" checked all stations. “Correspondents misunderstood Kaspersky, so we asked all the information services of nuclear power plants to report. We have no “Stuxnet” virus, ”said Sergey Novikov, director of the communications department of the Rosatom State Corporation.
There are reports that the virus has penetrated the International Space Station. But Roscosmos checked everything in the same way.
“I can only say one thing: there have never been any viruses at the ISS station. And at the same time, they told me now that his press service has denied this information. There is no point in doing any gestures about this. And to make a statement like this, randomly, I don’t quite understand why it was done, ”commented Sergey Gorbunov, head of the press service of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos.
Not otherwise, we add, Mr. Kaspersky checked the vigilance of the Russian strategic industries.
The property of the Navalny brothers was arrested. In Moscow, the Basmanny Court arrested the property of Oleg and Alexei Navalny. The arrest of property was made at a meeting in the case of Yves Rocher. About the arrest of the property of the brothers reported "RT" with reference to Interfax.
One of the defendants in the case, Alexey Navalny, has already been sentenced to five conditionally in another case - about the machinations of Kirovles money, reminds “RT”.
Something about lonely Snowden. Edward Snowden’s lawyer told how a refugee from the United States lives in Moscow, writes Yevgeny Zimin ("Voice of Russia").
According to Anatoly Kucherena, he provides the ex-employee of the American special services not only legal assistance, but also solves issues of a domestic nature.
“He remained completely alone in Russia. He has no mom, no dad, no relatives - no one. As for why I came to be with Edward, it happened because he personally appealed to me with a request for legal assistance. Officially, he is my principal. But at the same time, I provide him with a number of other services. In our profession, we often help people regardless of how we develop relations further. At the first stage, we are asked to provide legal assistance, and in the future there may be various issues, including domestic ones, which, by the way, I did with Edward. And it was almost impossible to refuse him, ”said Kucherena to his colleague Mikhail Barshevsky in an interview published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Kucherena also told why exposing facts about the activities of the CIA and the NSA continue to surface, despite the fact that President Putin put a stop to “anti-American activities” as a condition for asylum to Snowden.
“... As for the disclosure, indeed, our president put such a question before him, and we also discussed it with Edward. He asked: “What can I do if I, while in Hong Kong, handed over materials about wiretapping, unlawful and illegal actions of the CIA, NSA, etc. to journalists? I understand the position of your president, but I cannot take these materials back. Even if I ask, there will still be copies. ” Therefore, everything that today is revealed in relation to Germany, France, other European countries, is based on the materials that he gave to journalists back in Hong Kong, ”the lawyer explained.
Finally, Kucherena shared information about what income Snowden now lives on: “First of all, I’ll say that he never traded secrets, and he didn’t receive any money for the information that he transmitted while still in Hong Kong. I can confirm this with confidence, based on his current situation. The savings that he had, he almost completely spent on food, rental housing, security, etc. At the same time, some organizations and initiative citizens render him all possible assistance, including financial assistance. I think that, taking into account his professional level in IT-technologies, a good future awaits him in any country in the world. True, if he leaves Russia, he will lose refugee status ... "
A one-hundred-fold increase in North Korean wages. At the Musansky mine, at the Kim Chak metallurgical plant, as well as at a number of other enterprises whose products are being exported, wages were paid in 250-350 thousands of North Korean won last month. Prior to this, salaries there amounted to 3-6 thousands won, writes Andrei Lankov (“"Voice of Russia").
300 thousand SKs are just 30-40 dollars at the current market rate. But by North Korean standards, this is a huge amount: so far the official salary was only 3-4 thousands won a month. This was enough only for 1-2 kg of rice on the market. Most workers therefore existed at the expense of income from work in the market and in the private sector. It turns out that the employees of the Musan mine and other privileged enterprises for the first time in 20 have received a salary for which they can live.
“This salary increase seems to be extremely problematic. The main problem is, of course, inflation. As soon as employees of export enterprises go to the market with pockets full of cash, prices in the markets will inevitably start to grow. It is possible that inflation can be kept under control, but this is possible only if the increase touches a few enterprises. However, this means that in the same city, for the same job, the workers of different enterprises will receive a salary, which will differ about 50-100 times. It is clear that this will inevitably lead to a variety of political and economic troubles. ”
In Pyongyang, apparently, they understand this. This is evidenced by the decision to issue part of the new salaries in goods. In addition, employees of enterprises announced that they are now forbidden to use the services of the market.
Philippines: 1833 dead. The official number of victims of the powerful typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines over the weekend was 1833 man. 84 person reported missing. This was reported on Wednesday by the National Filipino Emergency Management Agency, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Yaroslav Makarov.
Rescue work in the Philippines is complicated by the fact that the affected areas were partially cut off from the outside world. A number of countries, including Russia, offered help to Manila.
As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan LebedevThe United States donated over 50 tons of cargo to the government of the Philippines to assist victims of a typhoon. As the Pentagon official spokesman George Little said, 250 troops of the 3 Expeditionary Brigade of US Marines, stationed at Clark and Villamore air bases in the Philippines, are involved in the humanitarian operation. They use five KC-130 transport planes and four MV-22 Osprey converters.
“We give priority to the delivery of fresh water, food, packaged shelters, personal care products and medical supplies,” said Little.
According to him, part of the assistance, including materials for temporary shelters and personal hygiene items that can be provided to 10 thousands of families, came from the warehouse of the US Agency for International Development in the UAE.
A Pentagon spokesman noted that the atomic aircraft carrier George Washington, which goes from Hong Kong to the Philippines by order of Defense Minister Chuck Hagel, can produce about 2 million liters of fresh water daily. More than 80 aircraft are deployed on its deck, including 11 helicopters: they will be involved in relief operations. The aircraft carrier is accompanied by two missile cruisers and a destroyer. In addition, off the coast of the archipelago they will be joined by the transport ship of the United States Navy "Charles Drew". Finally, the destroyers "McCambell" and "Larsson" follow. And another news: the command of the Marine Corps decided to send three amphibious ships to the Philippines.
With regard to Russian assistance to the victims, the Emergencies Ministry said that it sent two IL-76 to the disaster zone with a mobile hospital on board. This hospital worked after earthquakes in Haiti, in China in the province of Sichuan, in South Ossetia and other regions of Russia and the world.
Miracle drone. Specialists from the Sandy National Laboratory in the United States came up with a UAV that can not only fly, but also swim, dive, and even move over rough terrain. The author of the project, John Salton, argues that the novelty should significantly expand the capabilities of the special forces, or even replace it when solving combat missions. Talk about it "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The wings of this device in the water can transform into stabilizers or propeller blades, and on land, after dropping the protective covers, wheels appear on it: they allow it to “jump” ten meters.
Correspondents of Wired magazine reported that engineers tested the key components of the miracledrone. However, it is still necessary to raise funds for the construction of a prototype, and then establish a partnership with one of the defense corporations to start production.
The novelty is still called “multimodal vehicle”.
Go to full democracy. The authorities of the American state of Hawaii legalized same-sex marriages yesterday. The state Senate supported the adoption of the law 19 votes to four, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexander Urusov.
Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie assured that he would soon put his signature on the document. The law will take effect on December 2.
Hawaii will be the fifteenth state where such unions are officially allowed ...
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